How do you register a vehicle in Curaçao in 2026?

Loket Digital requires online registration when you buy a new motor vehicle from a local dealer, buy a used vehicle not yet on the UOVV register, import a vehicle as household goods (verhuisboedel), or buy abroad and import the car. After a successful registration you receive a kenteken path and must book the mandatory inspection before admission to public traffic. Physical presence at the inspection hall is not required for the online registration step itself; you still attend the keuring appointment.

Upload clear scans of purchase invoices or contracts, ownership titles or EU kenteken papers, and translated ownership certificates when the source country demands it. Aruba and Sint Maarten vehicles may need an inspection card; Bonaire imports can ask for motor-vehicle tax or insurance proofs. From mid-2025 the inspection hall stopped accepting paper copy packs at the counter, so prepare readable uploads yourself.

Personal owners upload a valid sedula, driving licence, or passport. Company registrations need a Chamber of Commerce extract not older than one year plus director ID. Loket Digital warns that CRIB number, names, VIN, and vehicle data must match exactly across every document: Get a CRIB number. Household-goods car imports sit beside Douane verhuisboedel rules: Import household goods.

Licence exchange or Geneva Convention registration is a separate Publieke Zaken track from UOVV vehicle registration: Convert a driving licence. Fold both into Paperwork after moving if the car arrives with your container.